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On 5/8/2024 11:42 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
> On 2024-05-08 10:14 a.m., DFS wrote:
>> On 5/3/2024 5:05 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>
>>> The mere fact that it is no longer possible to install Windows 
>>> without being forced to enter a Microsoft account speaks volumes 
>>> about where the tech world is going.
>>
>>
>> I also thought that was true (as of Win11), but I found out it's not.
>>
>> Last night I screwed up my Win11 Pro install, bad, by stopping the 
>> wrong services.  Had no system restore points, so ended up reinstalling.
>>
>> During the reinstall, instead of choosing 'This PC will be used at 
>> home' or whatever it says, choose the other option 'To be used at work'.
>>
>> Then you don't have to enter a MS email - you can use whatever 
>> email/domain you want to continue the install.
>>
>> Problem solved!
>>
>> But it caused a new problem:  under Windows Security | Virus & threat 
>> protection it said 'Action needed'.  When I clicked, it said to 
>> contact the IT Adminstrator for your company.
>>
>> Googled and found this solution:
>>
>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1367032/in-my-windows-11-virus-and-threat-protection-missi
>>
>> Add a simple Registry key and it's fixed.
>>
>> https://imgur.com/a/G7HZ7Lm
>>
>>
>> This is less trouble than using an MS email to install, then going 
>> back and changing your user profile (because the user profile is named 
>> with the first 5 letters of the MS email acct).
> 
> So, we're still jumping through hoops to get the system to work the way 
> we want it to. It's quite annoying.

It is.  It happened because I chose to install the system as part of a 
corporate network, and "the corp" controls security settings.  Install 
it for home use and that doesn't happen (but then you have to phone home 
with an MS email).


At least Windows doesn't display non-working app menu items, as Linux 
used to do a LOT.  Click them and nothing happens.  Resolving them was 
FAR more troublesome than the Registry fix I showed.